Re: the function of some music

[mark <sine@zerocrossing.net>]

One of the most troublesome things for me is when I perform ambient 
music.  The fact that it's a performance makes people think they have 
to actively listen or they're being impolite.  However, it's not what I 
intended for the music.  The other side of that coin, is what I'm doing 
is performing to be semi ignored, which feels weird.  I often leave a 
gig thinking, "Why did I drag all this stuff out?  I'd have been better 
off with a small CD based DJ setup and recordings of my music."  This 
was the main reason behind my move to a mini-rig with a 5 min setup 
time.

Mark Sottilaro

On Friday, June 6, 2003, at 11:28  AM, Richard Zvonar wrote:

> At 7:12 PM +0100 6/6/03, Matthias Grob wrote:
>
>> I see a lot of people listen to dancing music without dancing, so its 
>> missused as ambient, no?
>
> It seems to me that ambient music is intended to merge into the local 
> soundscape and not to be actively listened to. Therefore if one 
> listens attentively to ambient music, the music is being misused.